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<b style="">A review on lipid lowering activities of Ayurvedic and other herbs </b>http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/7843
Title: <b style="">A review on lipid lowering activities of Ayurvedic and other herbs </b>
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<br/>Authors: Phadke, Aashish S
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<br/>Abstract: There is a great awareness regarding association between CAD (Coronary Artery
Diseases) and mortality, CAD and Obesity, and CAD and Hyperlipidaemia. Thus,
there is a need of knowing more about agents working on hyperlipidaemia. Apart
from such agents of synthetic origin, there is an increasing search for the
lipid lowering agents from natural origin. In this paper an attempt has been
made to give an overview of certain commonly used Ayurvedic herbs along with
some other herbs which have been studied for their lipid lowering activity
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<br/>Page(s): 81-89<b style="">Antibacterial activity of some ethnomedicinal plants from the Nilgiris,</b> <b style="">Tamil Nadu, India</b>http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/7842
Title: <b style="">Antibacterial activity of some ethnomedicinal plants from the Nilgiris,</b> <b style="">Tamil Nadu, India</b>
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<br/>Authors: Sasikumar, J M; Thayumanavan, Tha; Subashkumar, R; Janardhanan, K; Lakshmanaperumalsamy, P
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<br/>Abstract: The present investigation encompasses antibacterial potential of three medicinal
plants used by the tribals of Nilgiris for the treatment of various skin
ailments. About 18 extracts at three concentrations (10, 5, 2.5 mg/ml) of
different plant parts of <b style=""><i style="">Siegesbeckia</i></b><i style=""> <b style="">orientalis </b></i><b style="">Linn</b>.,<i style=""> <b style="">Berberis tinctoria </b></i><b style="">Lesch.</b> and<i style=""> <b style="">Justicia betonica </b></i><b style="">Linn.</b> were tested against pathogenic
bacteria, viz. <i style="">Aeromonas hydrophila,
Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella
typhi, Salmonella </i>sp<i style="">., Staphylococcus
aureus,</i> <i style="">Vibrio cholerae</i> and <i style="">V</i>.<i style=""> parahemolyticus</i>. All the extracts
exhibited broader antibacterial activity against the tested pathogens.
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<br/>Page(s): 34-39<b style="">Effect of modified eggs on metabolic syndrome-X induced stress in female wistar rats</b>http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/7841
Title: <b style="">Effect of modified eggs on metabolic syndrome-X induced stress in female wistar rats</b>
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<br/>Authors: Taneja, S K; Mandal, R
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<br/>Abstract: Metabolic
syndrome-X induced stress is prevalent world over and is being managed through
pharmacological treatment. There are some dietary components such as Zn, Cu, Mg,
Mn, vitamin-E, C and omega-3 fatty acids which have been shown to reduce the
severity of stress associated with metabolic syndrome-X. But in the Indian
staple diet, there is a big gap between requirement of these dietary components
and their availability in food particularly in the patients of metabolic
syndrome-X. Keeping this in mind, modified eggs were designed (Patent
Application No.2264 Del-2005) and their efficacy on metabolic syndrome-X was
studied in female wistar rats. The results of this study revealed that feeding
on these eggs mixed diets to metabolic syndrome-X induced rats, a considerable
reduction in stress hormone cortisol, total lipids, LDL-c and VLDL-c in the
blood, improvement in the sensitivity of insulin leading to reduction in blood
glucose and rise in HDL-c and improvement in the mineral status in blood serum
and tissues were observed. This data
suggests that these modified eggs are effective in reducing the metabolic
syndrome-X induced stress.
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<br/>Page(s): 22-33<b style="">Preliminary studies on the antivenin potential and phytochemical analysis of the crude extracts of <i>Balanites aegyptiaca</i> (Linn.) Delile on albino rats</b>http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/7840
Title: <b style="">Preliminary studies on the antivenin potential and phytochemical analysis of the crude extracts of <i>Balanites aegyptiaca</i> (Linn.) Delile on albino rats</b>
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<br/>Authors: Wufem, B M; Adamu, Harami M; Cham, Y A; Kela, S L
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<br/>Abstract: The stem bark of <b style=""><i style="">Balanites aegyptiaca</i> (Linn.) Delile</b>
which is known as Desert Date was sequentially extracted with hexane, toluene,
chloroform, acetone and methanol at room temperature. The effectiveness of
acetone and methanol extracts was tested against Saw-scaled (<i>Echis
carinatus</i>) viper venom concentration at lethal dose (0.194mg/ml) which was
administered intramuscularly into Wistar rats. Both extracts were found
to be effective at 75mg/ml and 100mg/ml concentrations. Phytochemical screening
of the acetone and the methanol extracts revealed the presence of saponins,
tannins and volatile oils.
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